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US7914364B2
US7914364B2 US12/541,430 US54143009A US7914364B2 US 7914364 B2 US7914364 B2 US 7914364B2 US 54143009 A US54143009 A US 54143009A US 7914364 B2 US7914364 B2 US 7914364B2
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    • A22C11/00—Sausage making ; Apparatus for handling or conveying sausage products during manufacture
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  • This invention relates to generally to the field of preparing food products in tubular casings.
  • the invention relates more specifically to the field of preparing sausages and whole-muscle meats.
  • the invention will be described as used for the production of sausages, but it applies equally to the production of whole-muscle meats, cheeses, vegetarian food products, and any other material that is wrapped in a casing.
  • Sausages are conventionally produced by extruding a pasty mixture of meat products, spices, and fillers into a tubular casing. (Some sausages are then wrapped in netting prior to processing.)
  • the casing comes in several forms. Edible collagen films, for example, including flavored and colored films, remain on the sausage after processing. Inedible films are used solely for packing the sausage and are removed prior to use.
  • tubular casings There are two types of casings conventionally used: tubular casings and flat sheets. Tubular casings are shirred onto a horn that is then placed over the discharge of the sausage stuffer/clipper. Illustrative processes and devices for making sausage from tubular casings are described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,024,041 to Urban, Process for Filling Tubular Casings and in U.S. Pat. No. 7,063,610 to Mysker, Apparatus and Method to Net Food Products in Shirred Tubular Casing, the disclosures of which are both incorporated herein by reference. This method has the advantage of not having a seam in the casing.
  • the casing must first be shirred over a horn before use, which adds a step in the manufacturing process. Additionally, once the shirred casing on the horn runs out, the sausage-making process must be stopped to remove the empty horn and to either re-shir the horn with fresh casing or to attach a spare horn on which casing has already been shirred.
  • flat sheets of film such as collagen film
  • an automatic heat-sealing machine to produce a tubular casing.
  • a representative process is shown in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,985,477 to Winkler, Apparatus for Production of Meat Products.
  • the use of flat sheets eliminates the need to shir the casing onto a horn prior to use and allows for extended use. But some films cannot be heat sealed and accordingly are not well-adapted to this method. Additionally, this method leaves a seam in the casing, which can be undesirable.
  • a sausage maker using one of these methods may need to switch to the other method because of production needs caused by customer demands. Switching a sausage-making line from one method to the other causes an interruption in the manufacturing process.
  • a conventional sausage stuffer/clipper can operate continuously for a long period of time. But every time the sausage maker wants to switch from one type of casing to the other, the manufacturing process must be stopped to change the equipment.
  • a solution to this problem was addressed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,306,511 to Whittlesey et al., Systems with Interchangeable Horns for Producing Encased Products and Related Methods, Computer Program Products and Horn Rotor Assemblies.
  • Another solution was proposed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,544,118 to Mysker et al., Hybrid Filling System.
  • the present invention improves on these solutions by simplifying the horn arrangement and thereby minimizing the downtime caused by switching from one type of casing to another.
  • the system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises A system for a mixer, a sealer in fluid communication with the mixer, a swivel mounted to a downstream side of the sealer, a stuffing horn mounted to a downstream side of the swivel, and a clipper.
  • the stuffing horn is movable from a first position adjacent to said clipper, to a second position remote from said clipper.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation diagrammatic view of the system of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, using flat film stock.
  • FIG. 2 is an elevation diagrammatic view of the system of FIG. 1 , using tubular casing.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the system of FIG. 1 , with the stuffing horn in a first position.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of the system of FIG. 1 , with the stuffing horn in a second position.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the system of FIG. 2 with a netting tube.
  • the system 20 of the present invention comprises a mixer 22 , sealer 24 , an automatic heat-sealing machine, on which is mounted a swivel 26 , a stuffing horn 28 attachable to the downstream side of swivel 26 , and a clipper 30 located at the downstream end of stuffing horn 28 .
  • Mixer 22 is a conventional food-mixing apparatus, such as a sausage mixer, and inherently contains a pump.
  • Sealer 24 is preferably a Poly-clip System TSA 200 Automated Sealing Machine.
  • Clipper 30 is preferably a Poly-clip System ICA 8700 Automatic Double Clipper.
  • Swivel 26 is a rotary coupling that allows stuffing horn 28 to swing in an arc, preferably of at least 45 degrees. As shown in overhead view in FIGS. 3 and 4 , stuffing horn 28 moves from a first position, adjacent clipper 30 , as shown in FIG. 3 , to a second position, remote from clipper 30 , as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the food-containing components of system 20 are preferably made of stainless steel for ease of cleaning.
  • Sealer 24 contains a plow 40 .
  • a flat sheet of film 42 such as an edible collagen film, which is produced in fan-fold arrangement, is mounted on and turned over plow 40 to create a tube.
  • Sealer 24 seals the seam of the tube to form rolled stock casing 44 .
  • Casing 44 proceeds out of sealer 24 , over swivel 26 , and over stuffing horn 28 .
  • Mixer 22 combines meat products, spices, and fillers to create a pasty mixture.
  • Mixer 22 is in fluid communication with sealer 24 .
  • the mixture is pumped or extruded through a stationary horn 48 into sealer 24 and then through swivel 24 and into stuffing horn 28 .
  • As the mixture exits the downstream end of stuffing horn 28 it fills rolled stock casing 44 in a conventional manner.
  • a sausage 50 is formed, as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • Clipper 30 grasps the filled rolled stock casing 44 , separates a short section to form a neck, applies two clips the neck, and severs rolled stock casing 44 between the clips.
  • the downstream clip thus forms the back end of a completed sausage 50 and the upstream clip forms the front end of what will become the next sausage 50 .
  • the neck is not severed and a string of sausages 50 can be formed.
  • mixer 22 When the user wishes to switch to a different type of casing, mixer 22 is shut down. Stuffing horn 28 is swung through an arc to the second position shown in FIG. 4 . The rolled stock casing 44 is cut and removed from stuffing horn 28 and a length of tubular casing 60 is shirred onto stuffing horn 28 . Stuffing horn is swung back to its first position shown in FIG. 3 and mixer 22 is re-started. The process continues to make sausages 50 , from tubular casing 60 . In this application, flat film stock 42 is detached from plow 40 and the power to sealer 24 can be turned off. The pasty mixture simply proceeds through sealer 24 .
  • a spare stuffing horn 28 is used.
  • Tubular casing 60 is shirred onto spare stuffing horn 28 .
  • casing 44 is severed, stuffing horn 28 is detached from swivel 26 , and spare stuffing horn 28 is attached to swivel 26 .
  • Stuffing horn 28 is swung back to its first position and the mixer is re-started to make sausages.
  • a netting horn 70 is placed over stuffing horn 28 and mounted to sealer 24 , as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • Netting horn 70 can be used with either the flat film application shown in FIG. 1 or the tubular casing application shown in FIG. 2 . In this manner, netted sausages 50 can be made, using the process described in, for example, the '610 patent to Mysker.

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CL2012000388A CL2012000388A1 (es) 2009-08-14 2012-02-14 Sistema para envolver productos en pelicula, comprende un sellador, una cabeza giratoria montada a un costado hacia abajo de dicho sellador; dicha cabeza comprende un acoplamiento giratorio, una trompa llenadora y una cortadora, donde la trompa llenadora es movible desde una primera posicion adyacente a la cortadora a una segunda posicion distante de dicha cortadora.

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